Guide · Updated August 2026

Avery 5162 Template: Big, Readable Address Labels

Q: Is Avery 5162 the same as Avery 8162?

Yes — identical layout: 14 labels per sheet, each 1 1/3 inches by 4 inches. The 5162 is the laser-printer pack and the 8162 the inkjet pack; either prints the other's layout, and store-brand "5162-compatible" sheets use the same grid.

The 5162 is what you reach for when the standard address label feels small — a third taller and half again wider than the 5160, 14 to a sheet. Here's the exact layout, why it's quietly the holiday-mailing favorite, and a way to skip the template entirely.

What an Avery 5162 sheet is

A 5162 sheet is a letter-size page holding 14 labels in a 2 × 7 grid. Each label is 1⅓ inches tall and 4 inches wide — enough room for five address lines at a size people can read at arm's length, or three lines at a size that feels almost like a printed invitation.

The inkjet twin is the 8162 — same sheet, different printer pack — and store-brand "5162-compatible" sheets share the grid.

Exact 5162 dimensions

Measurement	Value
Label size	4″ wide × 1⅓″ tall
Labels per sheet	14 (2 across, 7 down)
Top margin	≈⅔″ (0.83″)
Gap between rows	none — labels touch
Sheet size	US Letter, 8½″ × 11″
Inkjet equivalent	Avery 8162

As with every Avery sheet, the side margins and center gap vary by a few hundredths of an inch between published spec sheets — the classic reason a hand-built template sits one label off by the bottom row. A generated PDF draws the grid from the sheet's geometry, so there's nothing to nudge.

Skip the template

Paste your addresses into our free label maker with the 5162 sheet preselected and download a print-ready PDF in about a minute. Nothing to install, no sign-up, and we don't keep your addresses.

Make a 5162 sheet free

Works with Avery 5162, 8162, and compatible sheets

The holiday-mailing favorite

Search for "Avery 5162 Christmas template" in December and you'll find a small tradition: the 5162 has become the go-to for holiday card labels. The reasons are practical —

Bigger type without truncation. "The Whole Rivera Family" plus a full address fits at a size that looks deliberate, not squeezed.
A card-worthy presence. On a greeting-card envelope the taller label reads as a design choice rather than office supplies.
Fourteen per sheet maps neatly onto card batches. A hundred-card list is seven sheets and change — easy math when you're loading the printer.

If that's your December, our Christmas card address list guide covers the part that actually takes the time — getting the list itself in order so next year is a five-minute job. Pair the big mailing labels with tiny 5167 return-address labels and the whole envelope is handled.

How to print so the labels line up

Same rules as every Avery sheet — the full walkthrough is in our printing guide. The short version: print at 100% scale (never "fit to page"), test on plain paper held against the sheet in front of a light, and never re-run a sheet that's already been through the printer.

Common questions

Is Avery 5162 the same as Avery 8162?

Yes — identical layout: 14 labels per sheet, each 1⅓ inches by 4 inches. The 5162 is the laser-printer pack and the 8162 the inkjet pack; either prints the other's layout, and store-brand "5162-compatible" sheets use the same grid.

How many address lines fit on a 5162 label?

Comfortably five at a generous size — name, street, apartment or care-of line, city-state-ZIP, and country if needed. On the standard 5160 the same address prints smaller; the 5162's extra third of an inch is what buys the larger type.

Is the 5162 an address label or a shipping label?

Both, honestly. Avery catalogs it under shipping, but at 4 by 1⅓ inches it's the favorite for people who want address labels with bigger print — holiday cards, invitations, mail to older relatives. For parcels and boxes the taller 5163 (4 by 2 inches) is the classic pick.